How To Install fido on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido on CentOS 7. fido is Multi-threaded file watch utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido on CentOS 7.

What is fido

A multi-threaded file watch utility. It can monitor files for changes in content or modification times. If it notices a change, it will kick off a user-defined script.

We can use yum or dnf to install fido on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fido.

Install fido on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install fido using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fido

Install fido on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install fido using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fido

How To Uninstall fido on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the fido package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fido

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fido on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.